193: It is alienation, but also salvation!

Is the purpose of painting a picture to sell it?

When Jason was very young, Fu Hong told him that the value of a painter is closely related to the selling price of his paintings.

When painting skills reach a certain level, it becomes difficult to improve further. How can we judge the artist's level at this point? Of course, we can only rely on the price of the painting!

Jason didn't like this argument, but he had no way to refute Fu Hong.

Since he was a child, he has been accustomed to listening to Fu Hong's words, and for this reason, he has done many things that go against his own ideas.

Today, Gu Jun gave Jason another choice.

It turns out that he can paint what he likes, instead of thinking about how to sell his work at a high price before putting pen to paper.

It turned out that he didn't have to do anything to return to the home he had been longing for.

Jason refuted Fu Hong for the first time: "You can't buy it back."

How could Gu Jun sell the house to Fu Hong?

Fu Hong said she wanted to buy back the house, but she didn't even ask about the current landlord or the selling price. It was obvious that she was deceiving him.

Jason realized this, and with anger and disappointment, he turned and went back to his room.

Fu Hong chased after him: "I've inquired, and housing prices in South City have skyrocketed in recent years. I don't have that much cash on hand at the moment, so I need your cooperation in selling paintings. Jason, stop, are you listening to me?"

Jason's door closed right against Fu Hong's nose.

The heavy hotel room door seemed to be mocking Fu Hong.

Fu Hong couldn't believe it.

Jason has never done anything like this!

He does have some emotional problems, but they only manifest themselves in the form of refusing to communicate with others. He never runs around or becomes so aggressive. What happened to Jason? Has his condition worsened?

If Jason's condition worsens, Fu Hong will have no choice but to have him see a psychiatrist. A painter can be depressed and in pain, but he can't be a completely uncontrolled madman.

Fu Hong does not trust the psychologist in Nancheng. Jason has a trustworthy psychologist abroad, and he needs to return abroad for treatment as soon as possible... Fu Hong was anxious about Jason's mood changes. She couldn't wait for Jiang Mingjia to return to Nancheng, so she had to put aside her pride and contact Jiang Zhiyan's female secretary.

"Mr. Jiang, do you still want Jason's paintings?"

Fu Hong asked the female secretary.

The female secretary had lost her previous enthusiasm. "Mr. Jiang wants a custom painting. Ms. Fu, you said Jason never accepts custom paintings. How can Mr. Jiang force such a request?"

Fu Hong felt that Jiang Zhiyan's female secretary was very tactless.

She took the initiative to call, so a smart female secretary should have given her a way out instead of suddenly putting on inexplicable airs!

"Jason has indeed never accepted a custom painting, but Mr. Jiang said he wanted to customize a painting for his fiancée. I talked to Jason several times and finally convinced him. Jason happened to be in South City recently, so I thought..."

The female secretary seemed to finally understand Fu Hong's intention. "You want Jason to have a meeting with Mr. Jiang, right?"

"right!"

It was rare for Fu Hong to speak so frankly and without putting on airs, but the female secretary did not agree to her immediately.

"Mr. Jiang's schedule is very full recently. Can I confirm with Mr. Jiang and then get back to you?"

Fu Hong was not very satisfied with this answer, but there was nothing she could do. Fu Hong could not bear it any longer and contacted Jiang Zhiyan's female secretary. From this moment on, the initiative was in the hands of Jiang Zhiyan!

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"Okay, I get it. You can give her a few days before meeting Jason. Are you afraid your grandma will find out? It doesn't matter. If she finds out, she'll know."

Gu Jun didn't want the rest of the Jiang family to know about this at first.

However, Mrs. Jiang was going to live in South City for a long time, so it was unrealistic for Gu Jun to keep it a secret from her for a long time.

Since I can't hide it, I might as well act openly. Being secretive only makes Old Lady Jiang more curious!

When Jiang Zhiyan called Gu Jun, Gu Jun ordered a bunch of milk tea to be sent to Xu Yao's studio. He was making his presence known as "Brother-in-law Gu" in the studio. When he saw the caller ID, he went outside to answer the phone.

Xu Yao followed him out and listened to half of the content.

"Why, did Fu Hong agree to let Jason and Mr. Jiang meet?"

Asking Jiang Zhiyan to buy the painting was just an excuse to keep Fu Hong in Nancheng. Gu Jun used this excuse to trick Jason back from abroad as well.

If this matter is really pushed forward, wouldn't Fu Hong make a lot of money?

Fu Hong left her husband and children behind and ran away from home without leaving a penny for Gu Jun. Now she wants to make money from Gu Jun. Xu Yao feels even worse than if she had lost her sales data through live streaming!

Hearing Xu Yao's protest, Gu Jun laughed: "I wanted to tell you when I got home tonight, but I didn't expect Fu Hong to be so impatient. Don't worry, the money won't be earned by Fu Hong. Even if I have to pay a deposit, I will let Mr. Jiang transfer the money to Jason himself."

Xu Yao was not at all reassured.

"Jason doesn't look like he cares about money. I doubt he cares about anything else except painting. Oh, he might also care about that townhouse he lived in South City... Wait, you're not going to use that townhouse to seduce Jason, are you?!"

Xu Yao was really sensitive. Before Gu Jun even told her about his encounter with Jason today, Xu Yao had already guessed what he was going to do.

"I've already rented the townhouse from the landlord. Today, when I went there to pick up the keys, I happened to run into Jason. He's really obsessed with the townhouse. I told him I could take him 'home,' and he got in my car. I suspected he might know me, so I tested him a little, and he admitted it. But he does have a big problem communicating with people, so I didn't press him because I couldn't get more details. I can sense that he's not opposed to me. I want to slowly get to know him, and then persuade him to buy back the townhouse—of course, he needs money to buy his own home, and he'll understand the importance of money."

Gu Jun's words contained too much information, and Xu Yao felt dizzy.

Does Jason actually know about Gu Jun's existence?

Gu Jun wasn't sure about this beforehand, so it was really risky for him to just appear in front of Jason like that.

Gu Jun went downstairs and took out the painting Jason gave him from the car. "He gave this to me. Take a look."

Compared with the "Black Sea" that shocked Xu Yao at the exhibition, the painting Jason gave to Gu Jun was very ordinary in terms of composition and intention. But if Xu Yao could see it, Jason must have been in a very relaxed mood when he painted these flowers, trees, birds and insects.

Every stroke of this painting is gentle, like a bird's feather gently brushing across Xu Yao's heart.

"He likes that house, and he likes you."

Xu Yao interprets this painting from a very emotional perspective.

Gu Jun did not refute.

He himself also has such an idea.

Saving Jason will make Fu Hong suffer, and Gu Jun has no moral pressure. This is his revenge on Fu Hong!

Gu Jun wanted to talk to Xu Yao when a car stopped in the opposite parking space. Wen Yiyi got out of the car and was stunned when she saw Xu Yao and Gu Jun.

Wen Yiyi hesitated for a minute before stepping forward to talk to the two of them: "Huahu is going to hold an e-commerce festival, Xu Yao, have you heard about it?"

Xu Yao didn't know what Wen Yiyi was up to.

"I haven't heard of it. What do you mean?"

Wen Yiyi glanced at Gu Jun and said, "Doesn't your husband work at Huahu? Why is he so tight-lipped? I didn't mean anything else. I just happened to be passing by here and told you. Chen Yan is already preparing for Huahu's e-commerce festival. Don't miss it."